New weed control tools from BASF

Surtain corn herbicide from BASF is commercially available to growers in the United States in 2025. Josh Putnam, Technical Marketing Manager for U.S. Corn Herbicides told Brownfield that weed resistance continues to spread and farmers have fewer tools to control weeds than they did twenty or thirty years ago. Surtain herbicide, according to Putnam, opens…… Continue Reading

Is 2025 the year a new farm bill gets done?

Pictured: Darin Johnson (left) with the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association interviews with Brownfield’s Brent Barnett at the 2025 Commodity Classic (Photo by Jill Makovec/Brownfield) Farm groups continue to call on lawmakers to finish the farm bill this year. Darin Johnson, president of the Minnesota Soybean Growers Association, says a new farm bill is long overdue…… Continue Reading

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 4, 2025

May corn closed at $4.51 and 1/2, down 4 and 3/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $9.99, down 12 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $293.50, down $4.50May soybean oil closed at 42.27, down 63 pointsMay wheat closed at $5.36 and 3/4, down 11 centsApr. live cattle closed at $194.65, up $2.40Apr. feeder cattle closed…… Continue Reading

Ag Economy Barometer sees surprising rise from last month

Despite current economic challenges, farmer sentiment rose significantly this month in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Jim Mintert with Purdue University says the survey was taken the week of February 10th.  “Of course, conditions have changed a lot since then, with the collapse in prices, we’ve seen the improvement from January into February,” he says.…… Continue Reading

Economic models show impact of Trump policies

Dairy economists at the University of Wisconsin have been modeling how retaliatory tariffs and program cuts will impact U.S. dairy farmers.  Leonard Polzin tells Brownfield UW’s Dr. Charles Nicholson has been calculating the effects of an equal 25% retaliatory tariff, cuts to the nutrition program, and changes in immigration policy.  Polzin says food and nutrition…… Continue Reading

Climate-smart grant holders say ripple effects are mounting

An executive director of a sustainable agriculture nonprofit says rural communities will bear the brunt of USDA funding freezes and firings. Hannah Smith-Brubaker with Pasa Sustainable Agriculture tells Brownfield, “The firings in the federal government, and equally the funding freeze itself, disproportionately is impacting rural communities.” “We know that farmer dollars go a very long…… Continue Reading

Grains, oilseeds fall on tariff concerns

Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. There’s more rain in the forecast for parts of Argentina and Brazil’s harvest has hit the halfway point. The USDA’s next supply, demand, and production numbers and CONAB’s updated projections for Brazil are both out next week. New tariffs against key U.S. trading partners are now in…… Continue Reading

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